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Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Friday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. A full Olympic Digest has been sent. All times EDT:- NEW ORLEANS -- The NBA has decided to hold the 2017 All-Star Game in New Orleans, a person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press.- RIO DE JANIERO -- U.S swimmer Ryan Lochte has apologized for his behavior surrounding a late-night incident at a Rio de Janeiro gas station, saying he should have been more careful and candid about how he described what happened.- RIO DE JANEIRO -- For his final act at the Olympics, Usain Bolt heads to the track as the headliner on a Jamaican relay team looking for its third straight gold medal. If they win it, Bolt will finish 9 for 9 over his career. Race starts 10:35 p.m.- RIO DE JANEIRO -- The U.S. mens basketball team tries to move within a victory of a third straight gold medal when it faces Spain, the team it beat in two tense finals in the last two Olympics. Game starts 2:30 p.m.- ARLINGTON, Texas -- Tony Romo is expected to make his preseason debut in the exhibition home opener for the Dallas Cowboys. Ryan Tannehill and the Miami Dolphins are set for Round 2 a week after a tepid start for the first-team offense. Game starts 8 p.m.- Other preseason NFL games: New York Jets at Washington, 7:30 p.m.; Arizona at San Diego, 9 p.m.- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan and city officials break ground on the second phase of a $90 million upgrade to EverBank Field, which will be called Dailys Place. The new complex adjacent to the stadium will feature an amphitheater and an indoor practice facility.- BALTIMORE -- Wade Miley makes his fourth start for the Baltimore Orioles and will be seeking his first victory in a matchup against the Houston Astros, who have lost five in a row. 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EUGENE, Ore. -- At about the same time newly minted members of the U.S. Olympic track team get their uniforms, theyll be led to a TV monitor featuring a map of Rio de Janeiro with three dots: the athletes village, the track teams training center and Olympic Stadium.None of them are all that close to each other; all will take a long time to reach.USA Track and Field CEO Max Siegel said Tuesday that after a few visits to Brazil we realized logistics would be a problem.So, in addition to counting on the Olympic traffic lanes that will supposedly make travel easier for the 120-plus U.S. track and field Olympians, USATF staff is making it clear to the athletes that they need to build in plenty of time to make their way through the city.Its expected to be a 45-to-60-minute drive from the athletes village to both the stadium and the training center.Its getting coaches and athletes to understand that its not going to be easy, like London, where everything is easy and right there, said Robert Chapman, USATFs associate director for sport science and medicine.Siegel said USATF is working with the U.S. Olympic Committee on contingency plans in case traffic does end up as snarled as some predict. Aretha Thurmond, a four-time Olympian who is now director of international teams for USATF, said staff will be on the ground a full two weeks before the Olympic track meet starts to make test runs to the stadium and map out every possible option for athletes.Theres only so much thats in your control, Thurmond said. Youve got a city with a mountain in the middle, and youve got to go around it.The process of getting from Point A to Point B may seem like a rather low-level concern considering all the other troubles consuming the Olympic city: Zika, polluted water, security concerns amid a financial crisis and more. But, as Thurmond knows, athletes need a comfort level as they head for the biggest competition of their lives.If we know somethings not right, then we try to build that into their travel schedule, she said, so athletes dont have to make that decision.Regarding the mosquito-borne virus that has hit Brazil as hard as any country, Siegel said USATF has taken part in USOC-led seminars and is distributing as much information as possible about health concerns.Among the many leaflets the athlletes pick up at team processing in Eugene is one distributed by the Centers for Disease Control called Mosquito Bite Prevention For Travelers.dddddddddddd The USOC will give athletes bug repellent when they go through Team USA processing in Houston later this month.But traffic, in Siegels view, is frankly, one of our biggest concerns over things we dont have immediate control over.Siegel spoke on an off day at U.S. Track and Field Trials, and outlined his vision over the four-plus years since he took over at what is widely viewed as the countrys most difficult-to-manage national governing body.Siegel said USATF ran on an average of $18 million a year when he arrived. Thanks to new sponsorship deals, including 12 new marketing partners, the number has doubled. That has allowed USATF to give $10,000 stipends to athletes who make the national team along with bonuses of up to $25,000 for gold medals at the Olympics.It hardly quiets the federations critics, who believe they should have more freedom to wear whatever gear they choose at the sports biggest events and want to see more revenue sharing beyond the stipends and rewards for medals.One of the most vocal critics, 800-meter runner Nick Symmonds, recently filed a sponsorship-related lawsuit against the USOC that was thrown out. He has been urging athletes and fans to wear black tape at trials as a show of solidarity against the governing bodies.If we cant change things through litigation, then we have to go through protest, and athletes have to stand up and say, Enough is enough. This will change or were not going to race anymore, Symmonds told The Associated Press last week.Siegel said hes trying to create a bigger pie, but also gave a nod to the reality that USATF, unlike the NFL or NBA, is a not-for-profit organization that serves not only its professional athletes, but also its grassroots members and programs.The conversation gets a little cloudy when people have whatever their personal definition is about sharing money with athletes, he said. If you host an event that gives an athlete a platform, some would say thats not money in the athletes pocket. But someone needs to fund those things. ' ' '